[mythtv-users] RAID5 ATA IDE hardware card recommendations for mythbackend machine

[Brandon Beattie]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:51:36PM -0500, Andrew Plumb wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> For those who do use hardware RAID5 cards for ATA IDE drives, which
> cards have you (not) had success with, for use in a mythtvbackend
> machine?  Or in any Linux-based machine for that matter?
> 
> I'm pondering picking up something like a Promise FastTrak SX4000.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> -- 
> 
> If you don't know what to do, do something.

3ware is what I'd recommend.  Promise is cheap for both cost and
quality.  I prefer spending the money for the card on another drive and
getting a cheap $10 PCI ide card and doing software raid5.  I've done
this with many systems and it's more reliable than promise cards.

--Brandon